Memorial books of Eastern European Jewry
Subtitle: essays on the history and meanings of Yizker volumes
By: edited by Rosemary Horowitz
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780786441990
Subjects: Jews; Intellectual life; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Memorial books (Holocaust); Holocaust survivors; History
Description: "Jews of Eastern Europe were targets of violence during the first half of the twentieth century. Survivors compiled memorial books to preserve historical, biographical, and cultural information. This collection provides a history of the memorial books and their cultural contexts; essays on Yizker books; key reviews (some translated from Yiddish); and a bibliographic overview of secondary sources"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. I History; title: 1.A History of Yizker Books / Rosemary Horowitz; title: 2.Israel as the Cradle of Yizker Books / Michlean Amir; title: pt. II Landmark Essays; title: 3.Landsmanshaftn Literature in the United States During the Past Ten Years / Philip Friedman; title: 4.Review of Yizker Books; title: 1953 / Jacob Shatzky; title: 5.Review of Yizker Books; title: 1955 / Jacob Shatzky; title: 6.A Survey and Evaluation of Yizker Books / Elias Schulman; title: 7."Memorial Books" as a Source for Research into the History of Jewish Communities in Europe / Abraham Wein; title: pt. III Studies of Yizker Books; title: 8.Reception of Memorial Books in Poland / Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska; title: 9."To Hold Our Own Against Silence" / Adina Cimet; title: 10."Write This as a Memorial in the Book"; title: A Jewish Pattern for Memory / Roni Kochavi-Nehab; title: 11.Blood Ties: Leib Rochman's Yiddish War Diary / Jan Schwarz; title: pt. IV Studies Using Yizker Books; title: 12.Authenticating the Historical Fiction of Uri Orlev / Rosemary Horowitz; title: 13.Yizker Books and Photographic Form / Daniel Magilow; title: 14.The Others in Yizker Books / Rivka Parciak; title: 15.Klezmer Memories in Yizker Books / Yale Strom; title: pt. V Bibliography; title: 16.A Survey of Reference Books / Rosemary Horowitz; title: 17.A Survey of Collections / Rosemary Horowitz.